Meta holds clash with STF while moderation changes – 01/07/2025 – Power

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The (owner of Instagram and WhatsApp) is in conflict with the (Supreme Federal Court) regarding its content moderation practices.

The STF is in the midst of a judgment regarding the

Last month, Meta published a statement criticizing the proposals put forward in the trial and defending the need to reach a “balanced solution” with “clear guidelines”. The company talks about democracy when dealing with the topic being debated in the Supreme Court.

“No major democracy in the world has ever attempted to implement a liability regime for digital platforms similar to what has been suggested so far in the STF judgment”, says the note, which then cites rules from the European Union, the United States and Germany.

This Tuesday (7), when announcing measures that would effectively put an end to its long-standing fact-checking program, the company’s CEO, , also attacked “secret decisions” from Latin American courts.

Without explicitly citing the STF, Zuckeberg says that the American government needs to help combat what is being done by the Judiciary in the region. “Countries in Latin America have secret courts that can order companies to remove content silently,” he said.

Before the start of the recess, the president of the STF, defended that the current rule be declared only partially unconstitutional.

The court debates the constitutionality of article 19 of the Marco Civil da Internet. It provides that big techs can only be held responsible for third-party publications, paying compensation, if they do not act after a court decision, with the exception of cases of copyright infringement and non-consensual nude images.

For Barroso, article 19 is insufficient for the current scenario, which would require regulation, but should not be overturned completely. He argued that, in cases of offenses and crimes against honor, the need for a prior judicial decision should continue to apply.

With this, the president of the STF opened a divergence in relation to the two appeals reported by ministers and , who voted for the complete unconstitutionality of the current rule.

The discussion was interrupted after his vote with the request for a review (more time for analysis) from André Mendonça. Therefore, the trial should only be resumed now after recess.

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